I and E Meeting: Dec 10th--TONIGHT

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release – December 5, 2008

Contact: Dan Wietecha City of Evansville
(608) 882- 2263 office
(608) 751-9811 cell


Evansville I&E Club Meeting: Gary M. Smith Guest Speaker
Evansville, WI – On December 10, 2008, the Evansville Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club (I&E) will host the club’s second meeting at Hagen Insurance Agency in Evansville , 15 North Madison Street , 6:30 - 8:30 PM. The guest speaker will be Gary M. Smith, Director and Business Counselor of the Southwest Wisconsin Small Business Development Center , University of Wisconsin – Platteville. His topic will be, “Running a Successful Business during an Economic Downturn.”

Since July 2005, Mr. Smith has provided free counseling to business owners, entrepreneurs and would be business owners in private, confidential sessions. Approximately 200 new clients are counseled by the SWSBDC each year.

Mr. Smith has over 25 years of experience in business, 10 as a private business consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and 15 as a manager in manufacturing. He has worked for and consulted with businesses from the manufacturing, retail and service industries. Working with start-ups, small, large and international businesses, Smith’s experience includes operations, operations planning and process improvement projects, and supply chain management as well as assisting clients in the development of strategic business plans, marketing plans and customer service plans.
Evansville ’s I&E Club hosts not just inventors and entrepreneurs, but welcomes established businesses, new businesses, and investors. Most importantly the Club will provide an environment to cooperatively collaborate.

If you are interested in participating in this free and professionally supportive club please join us, December 10, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 PM at Hagen Insurance Agency, 15 North Madison Street , Evansville , Wisconsin . You do not need to have an invention or currently be an entrepreneur to participate. Join us and network with like-minded individuals - share resources, exchange ideas, and be mentored. You never know who you may meet and what you could learn!